Here is the recommended reading order for the Tomie manga series by Junji Ito:
- Tomie (1987)
- Tomie Part 2 (1988)
- Tomie Part 3: The Lizard Woman (1999)
- Tomie Part 4: The Hair
- Tomie Part 5: Murder Journey (2002)
- Tomie Part 6: Forbidden Fruit (2003)
- Tomie Part 7: Mansion (2005)
- Tomie Part 8: The Grudge (2007)
- Tomie Part 9: Pumpkin Night (2013)
It is worth noting that while each installment of the series can be read on its own, there are recurring characters and themes throughout that make reading them in order more rewarding.
here's a list of the Tomie stories in chronological order:
- "Tomie" (1987)
- "Photograph" (1988)
- "Kiss" (1988)
- "Mansion" (1988)
- "Revenge" (1998)
- "The Basin of the Waterfall" (1999)
- "Missing Face" (2000)
- "Painter" (2000)
- "The Gathering" (2001)
- "Adrift" (2001)
- "The Face Burglar" (2001)
- "A Lonely Path" (2002)
- "The Beautiful Lady" (2002)
- "Moromi's Room" (2003)
- "The Woman Next Door" (2003)
- "The Black House" (2003)
- "Souichi's Diary of Delights" (2005)
It's worth noting that some of these stories feature Tomie as a secondary character rather than the main focus, but they all take place in the same universe and contribute to the overall mythology of the Tomie character.